The winner of yesterday’s Yoplait “Simply Your Life” prize pack is Jennifer Z who said: I am so glad that I found your blog! I love all of your recipes. Thank you so much for blogging and hurray for having a party! Congrats Jennifer!
Now what would a party be without a cupcake? So my blogoversary week long celebration continues today with a cupcake recipe. I absolutely love the recipe I have on my site for the lemon cupcakes with lemon buttercream. So with my love for citrus lately when I saw a recipe over at Canela and Comino for fresh orange cupcakes I had to try it. I decided to top them of with my version of an orange buttercream frosting. I was hoping for the crumb in the cake to be similar to the lemon cupcakes. However, this cupcakes was a little more like a muffin consistency. So I thought they were good, but not knock your socks off. I think the lemon cake has spoiled me now. I think I am going to try to take elements from the lemon cupcakes and elements from the orange cupcake and try to make a moister version. However, this cake was still great, I was just hoping for a moister cake than this gave. The orange buttercream frosting, however, turned out perfect.
Now for today’s giveaway. When I make cupcakes I decorate them using The Best Ever Cupcake Icing Kit from Bake It Pretty. I love it and love their site. And for my blogoversary celebration Bake It Pretty will give one of you a $25 gift card to purchase whatever you would like from their site. I do though highly recommend The Best Ever Cupcake Icing Kit, but they have a lot of wonderful things to make whatever you bake “pretty” including cute liners.
So to enter today’s giveaway please visit the Bake It Pretty site and then come back here and leave a comment telling me what you would get from Bake It Pretty if you were the winner. You have until 10 pm (MST) tonight to enter. I will announce the winner in tomorrows post and notify the winner by email.
Fresh Orange Cupcakes
- 1 package of yellow cake mix
- 1/4 cup of sugar
- 1 tablespoon of orange zest
- 1 cup of orange juice
- 1/2 cup of canola oil
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 4 large eggs
1. In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, sugar, and orange zest. Whisk to combine. Add orange juice, canola oil, vanilla extract and eggs. Blend with the mixer on low speed for one minute, then speed it up to medium and beat for 2 more minutes.
2. Fill cupcake papers about 1/2 to 2/3 full. Bake at 350F until golden in color and a toothpick test comes out clean, about 22-25 minutes.
3. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Orange Buttercream Frosting
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, very soft
- 6-8 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
- Place the butter in a large mixing bowl. Add 4 cups of sugar, then the juice and the zest. Beat until smooth and creamy.
- Gradually add the remaining sugar, 1 cup at a time, until icing is thick enough to be of good spreading consistency (I added 6 cups total). Use and store at room temperature. (Don’t refrigerate and it will last in a covered container for about three days.)
I think I would buy fun cupcake toppers. I love to make festive cupcakes
Oh my! I wish I’d seen all this before my daughter’s birthday…last week! I could buy anything and everything but I think I really fell in love with the Midnight Stars Cupcake Wrappers and lots of sprinkles. My parents used to make over 200 dozen cookies every Christmas and the whole family would decorate cookies together. My children love to do the same thing (although we don’t make quite so many cookies!) We would have sprinkles of every type we could find but there would never enough. I would love to finally have enough sprinkles and the Midnight Stars Cupcake Wrappers are lovely and sometimes it’s nice to just have something lovely around.
Happy blogoversary!! And congrats on the article about you in the Daily Herald! I’ve been coming to your blog for quite some time and was happy to see you and your fun blog featured.
I would order it all. I love that site! Ok probably not all of it, but something cool. I love the sprinkles!
The cupcake wrappers, jumbo sprinkles and icing kits……decisions decisions! Love them all!
Baking cups, cookie cutters, and the frosting kit for starters.
Now this would be a really tough choice. But I think I would have to take your advice and go with the cupcake icing kit….
I love your blog!!! I love to cook and bake and check your blog daily for ideas. Let’s see, there are so many cute things. My #1 pick would be the silicone tea cupcakes, but they are sold out. So…the icing kit and the hot polka dot baking cups are next in line.
I’d have to get an assortment of those pretty cupcake liners–I always use plain white ones that are so boring!
I would absolutely get the cupcake icing kit! I love those tips! I’ll probably get it even if I don’t win! =) BTW, happy blogoversary!
Oh, how to choose! I’d love to have some of the red and white twine for tying up cute packages, some of the Japanese masking tape and the cupcake icing kit!
I would order the jumbo sprinkles!! thanks for the giveaway!
I would get the cupcake decorating kit. I also made the recipe tonight except I made a cake instead of the cupcakes and I halfed the frosting recipe and it was perfect for the cake. It was yummy and the cake was really moist. Love your blog.
Those polka dotted cupcake wrappers are too cute! i love cupcakes!
The square cupcake holder would be super cute to display cupcakes this summer.
Oh my! Where do I start? I love the plaid and polka dot cupcake wrappers, the star shaped pan and lots more! I love that site!
Thanks for sharing!
Very cute stuff! I need some large decorating tips so I’d choose the kit.
Bake It Pretty has so many awesome things that it’s hard to decide. So, maybe one of everything? I wish! I really love the cupcake kits. I just hosted 2 birthday parties for both of my kids, and had I known about these kits, I would have gotten one for each of their parties.
I do love the cupcake kit and since my three year old bit my large star tip closed, I am definitely in need. I’d also get the mustache lollipop mold. (four sons, need I say more) Thanks for sharing the fun!!
What a neat site! I bookmarked it. There were so many great items it’s hard to choose, but I think I would go with your recomendation of the best ever icing kit so my cupcakes can be picture perfect like yours. Thanks for sharing such wonderful recipes!
Perfect treat for spring!
I WOULD BUY THE COOKIE CUTTERS AND CANDY MELTS AND SPRINKLES CAUSE ME AND MY GRANDKIDS LOVE TO BAKE AND DECORATE COOKIES. HUGS SALLY
I would love to get one of everything but I too like the icing kit.
I’ll take one of everything! But, if I have to narrow it down, I would choose one of the giant tips. They look great for cupcake decorating.
I love the polka dot cupcake liners. I also really liked the star baking molds. I think that’s what I would get!
The icing kit would definitely top my list. I love the site!
You convinced me with the icing kit. I love to make food pretty. I would also use those cute baking liners. Hello Tilt o whirl. Cute. Happy Blogoversary!
Wow so many cute things!! I think I would get some of those super cute cupcake liners and the icing kit!
I would get an Americolor Gel Color Kit or some cute baking cups! They have som many cute things to choose from! Thanks for sharing.
I would buy some of those giant sprinkles. And some of the cute baking cups, and the sucker sticks and chocolate melts, etc, etc. So much cute stuff! Thanks for the chance to win.
oh the cupcake kit looks cool, i would also prolly get some of the candy flavorings, yum!
My boys recently saw the cakewich mold. Super fun1
I would have to say the icing kit!! I am a terrible decorator!!
Wow! Those are adorable!
What a cute, fun site, thanks for sharing. I would get some of those cute, cute cupcake baking cups and some scalloped edge mini loaf pans. What a cute gift those loaf pans would make. Thanks!
Oh such cute stuff! I would get the picks and liners etc for my daughter’s upcoming Hawaiian pool party.
I would get the icing kit. Frosting is not my forte.
I would get a pastry bag (I already have some tips),some cupcake liners, cello bags, and some sprinkles.
That website is so fun! Thanks for sharing. I would get some sprinkles, some baking cups, or the frosting kit. Everything is so cute though, so the choice is difficult!
I think the cupcake kit is adorbale, though it was hard to choose…what a wonderful site!
Wow, it would be hard to decide! I love the I Love Chocolate twist ties, really need a Fleur de lis Cookie Cutter for my son’s eagle scout court of honor coming up and there are so many fun boxes to choose from…..
I think I would get the cup cake kits. Being from a small town finding things like that is hard to do!